thymy
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of thymy
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Others gathered round them by the gap in the thymy earth-wall, and John raised his voice on high.
From Mushroom Town by Oliver Onions
The golden bees are silent on the thymy Hymettus; and the knelling horn of Aurora’s love no more shall scatter away the cold twilight on the top of Hymettus.
From Intentions by Oscar Wilde
Unbanished gods roam o'er the thymy hills, Calm shadows slumber on the purple grapes, Hid are the dryads near the star-gemmed rills, Far through the moonlight wander love-lorn shapes.
From Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 by Slason Thompson
Will any one tell me whether the heathy flora of the moors, or the thymy flora of the chalk downs, were the earlier inhabitants of these isles?
From Health and Education by Charles Kingsley
To do this we must visit them in their own home, which we shall find in some pine-wood, like the "pincushion-wood," or in some grassy thymy spot, covered with little green tufts.
From Twilight and Dawn Simple Talks on the Six Days of Creation by Caroline Pridham
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